Method of making and packing ice-cream sundaes



Sept. 21, 1954 ND 2,689,798v

METHOD F MAKING AND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Filed larch 28, 1952 Q 2Sheeis-Shet 1 ,u a/ y v INVENTOR. XIRGIL V, BOND A'T TORNEY Sept.21,l954v.v.BoND 2,689,798

, METHOD O MAKING AND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Filed March 2s,' 19s2 Iv -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY VIRGIL v. BQND v BY Patented Sept. 21, 1954 METHOD OF MAKINGAND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Virgil V. Bond, Seattle, Wash, assignor toPortion Pack, c, Seattle, Wash, a co po t on of- Washington ApplicationMarch 28, 1952, SerialNo. 279,198

1 Claim. -1

This invention relates to making and packaging frozen confection andisparticularly adapted to the making and packaging of ice cream sundaes.

My method of making and packaging ice cream sundaes is first to assemblecontainers within a rack. This rack is then placedunder an ice creamfilling device from where the ice cream is transferred into thecontainers. frame is placed over the rack and containers having paddlesthereon, each paddle entering a container, then by simply moving theframe sidewise a pocket or depression is formed in the ice cream.

The rack is then placed under a filling device from where fruit,topping, or other desired food stuif is dispensed into the abovementioned pockets or depressions. Next a perforated sheet of parchmentis placed over the filled cups or containers.

The trays are then transferred to a sharp room. This freezes thesundaes, also freezes the parchment paper on the top of the containers.A grid is brought down over the top of the parchment, separating thesame on the perforated lines, providing individual sheets of parchmentfor covering the top of the individualcontainers. The sundaes are thenready for wrapping packages of multiples, usually-six.

In order to do this, the sundaes arestacked in a tube which folds thecorners of the parchment back over the containers. Wrappers are thenwrapped around the tube. One end of the wrapper is folded over the endof the tube and the sundaes, after which the tube is removed from thewrapper, leaving the sundaes in the wrapper, at which time the oppositeend of the wrapper is folded over and sealed. The sundaes are then readyfor mechandising.

The wrappers are perforated corresponding to the individual sundaes.When they are merchane dised or used; the package can be brokenonanydesired perforated line, removing the number of sundaes from the mainpackage that it isldesired to sell or use.

A better understanding will hehad of my new and improved method ofmaking and packaging ice cream sundaes by referring to the drawings,specification and claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional rack for holding cupsorcontainers while processing my method of making and packaging ice creamsundaes.

Figure 2 is a side view of the rack with containers therein associatedwith a filling device,

Next a special 7 Figure 3 is an endsectional view, taken on line 3-3 ofFigure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a frame having paddles formed thereon,for creating holes or de pressions in the ice cream contained within thecontainers.

Figure 5 illustrates how the frame and paddles are applied to thecontainers Within the rack for forming the holes or depressions withinthe ice cream.

Figure 6 illustrates the depression or hole having been formed.

Figure? illustrates how a filler is applied to the holes within the icecream, filling the same with fruits or other fillers.

Figure 8 illustrates how a sheet of parchment is placed over the filledcontainers.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a grid used to separate the parchmentpaper into separate covers over each of the containers.

Figure 10 illustrates, by broken lines, the position of the grid beforebeing pushed down over the parchment paper.

Figure 11 shows the parchment paper acting as a cover over eachindividual sundae.

Figure 12 is a tubular container showing how the sundaes are placedtherein before wrapping.

Figure 13 illustrates the container shown in Fi ure 12 hav a w apperwrapp d thereabout and folded over one of its ends.

F ur 1a illustrat s how th fin h d c toni separated ona broken line,dividing th sundaes into the desired-size or package in merchandising orusing.

Referring more specifically t0 the drawings:

My new and improved method of mak n an packaging ice cream sundaesstarts out with a cup holding tray I, illustrated in perspective inFigure '1. This tray consists of a gridwerk IA mounted .upona base 2 bythe-uprights 3. Cone tainers 4 are dropped into this grid, their upperrims 5 resting :on the crosswires B and I.

In ord r to fill th i e cream. nt th .wntai ers or cups. the rack isplaced on the base 8; of the filling machine as best illustrated inFigures 2 and 3. A tray 9 for holding ice cream is supported on thepedestals [0, which pass through bearings ll of the base 8 and rest onthe levers l2, which are pivotally mounted at I3 Within the base.

A U-shaped bracket [4 is fixedly secured at IE to the upper ends of thepedestals l0 and supports the ice cream tray 9. A cam It forms part ofthe cross shaft I1 and bears down on the ends 18 of 3 the levers I2. Theposition of the cam I6 is determined by the position of the hand leverI9. When the lever is in the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, the trayis in raised position so that the rack can be placed under the tray 9 orremoved therefrom.

Whenthe racks and cups are in place, the lever 59 is raised, permittingthe pedestals Ill to lower, including the tray 9. A series of openings20 register with the containers 4. These openings are turned down asindicated at 2 I, fitting tightly within the tops of the containers 5preventing ice cream leaking by. The ice cream is dumped into the tray 9and a hand paddle is passed over the same, forcing the ice cream intothe containers 4, after which the lever I9 is operated, raising the trayand permitting the re moval of the filled containers.

Next a frame 22, having paddles 23 forming part thereof, is registeredover the tops of the containers 4 within the tray I and moved sidewise,after the paddles have been punched down into the ice cream as indicatedby the direction of the arrow in Figure 5. This makes a hole ordepression 24 within the ice cream 25 contained within the containers 4,referring to Figure 6.

Next the tray I and the containers 4 are brought under the dispensingnozzles 26 of the filling or dispensing machine 21. This machine is ofwell known structure and is well adapted to place the fruits or otherfillers within the holes or depressions 24 formed in the containers 4.After this operation has taken place a piece of parchment or paper 28 isplaced over the tray I and the containers 4. This paper has perforations29 formed therein embracing each of the containers, the object of whichwill be more fully described later.

The trays are then placed in a sharp room, which cools the sundaes tothe desired temperature, at the same time freezing the parchment paperto the top surface of the ice cream and filler, causing the same toadhere thereto. After the trays are removed from the sharp room, thefollowing operation takes place.

Referring to Figure 10, the tray I is placed over a platform or base 30,which raises the rims 5 of the cups. 4 above the gridwork IA when thetray I is set down over the said base. The grid 3!, Figure 9, is thenplaced over the containers and the parchment paper, starting at thebroken line indication in Figure 10, and forced down over the tops ofthe containers, breakingthe paper 28 along the perforated lines. Thecontainers and the parchment paper, as individual units,

would appear as shown in Figure 11.

Referring to Figure 12, I illustrate a rigid tube 32 having a shoulder33 fixedly secured therein and adapted to support the containers 4. Thecontainers 4 are dropped in upside down as shown. This folds the corners34 of the paper covers over within the tube.

Next the tube 32 is wrapped by a wrapping cover or label 35 as shown inFigure 13, the label being folded over the end 36 of the tube asindicated at 31. The opposite end 38 of the tube 32 extends beyond theedge 39 of the wrapper 35 as indicated in Figure 13. This extension ofthe tube permits the operator to grasp the tube in one hand, pulling thesame out of the wrapper 35 leaving the containers 4 within the wrapper,after which the operator folds the end of the wrapper over, the end ofthe package corresponding to the opposite end as above described,sealing the same.

In the wrapping of the tube and the sealing of the ends, any well knownmethod of gluing is employed.

The wrapper 35 is perforated as indicated at 40 so that after thepackage has been wrapped and ready to sell or use the wrapper may bebroken on any of the lines 40, separating the sundaes being containedwithin the wrapper 35. This feature has been found most desirable in themerchandising and use of my new and improved method of making andpackaging my ice cream sundaes.

What I claim is:

The method of packaging a series of cups of ice cream comprising fillingthe cups with ice cream and forming depressions in the ice cream andinserting a different kind of food product in the depressions, providinga thin covering sheet with a plurality of perforated lines dividing thesheet into a plurality of covers, placing said thin covering over theseries of filled cups with. said covers respectively overlying said cupsand said perforated lines between said cups to be severed to formindividual covers, subjecting the series of covered cups and theircontents to freezing temperature to solidify the contents and cause thecovers to adhere to said contents, thereafter severing the coveringsheet along said perforated lines into individual covers for the cupsand forcing the severed edges over the sides of the cups, inverting thecovered cups with their frozen contents and inserting them in a closedcontainer to impress the individual edges of the covers in contact withthe outer surfaces of the cups, encasing the container with a protectingsheet material having therearound spaced perforated lines capable ofbeing torn between cups,

withdrawing the container from between the protecting sheet materialcasing and the cups, and then sealing the ends of the protecting sheetmaterial casing.

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